Hairspray (musical)

Hairspray is a Tony-winning musical, based on the 1988 movie Hairspray. The story is of a girl named Tracy Turnblad whose dream is to dance on the Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Dean Show in Baltimore. She gets a chance on the show and becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to racially integrate the Corny Collins Show.

Original Broadway Cast

(in order of appearance)

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• Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tracy Turnblad
• Clarke Thorell as Corny Collins
• Laura Bell Bundy as Amber Von Tussle
• Peter Matthew Smith as Brad
• Hollie Howard as Tammy
• John Hill as Fender
• Jennifer Gambatese as Brenda
• Adam Fleming as Sketch
• Shoshana Bean as Shelley
• Todd Michel Smith as IQ
• Katharine Leonard as Lou Ann
• Matthew Morrison as Link Larkin
• Jackie Hoffman as Prudy Pingleton, the Gym Teacher and the Matron
• Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad
• Kerry Butler as Penny Pingleton
• Linda Hart as Velma Von Tussle
• Joel Vig as Harriman F. Spritzer, the Principal, Mr. Pinky, and the Guard
• Dick Latessa as Wilbur Turnblad
• Corey Reynolds as Seaweed J. Stubbs
• Eric Anthony as Duane
• Eric Dyhart as Gilbert
• Danielle Lee Greaves as Lorraine
• Rashad Naylor as Thad
• Kamilah Martin as One of the Dynamites
• Judine Richárd as One of the Dynamites
• Shayna Steele as One of the Dynamites
• Danelle Eugenia Wilson as Little Inez
• Mary Bond Davis as Motormouth Maybelle

Swings: Joshua Bergasse, Greg Graham, Brooke Tansley

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Understudies: For Tracy Turnblad – Shoshana Bean, Katy Grenfell. For Edna Turnblad – David Greenspan, Joel Vig. For Wilbur Turnblad – David Greenspan, Joel Vig. For Velma Von Tussle – Shoshana Bean, Jackie Hoffman. For Amber Von Tussle – Hollie Howard, Katharine Leonard. For Motormouth Maybelle – Danielle Lee Greaves, Kamilah Martin. For Seaweed – Eric Anthony, Eric Dysart. For Link Larkin – Adam Fleming, John Hill. For Corny Collins – John Hill, Peter Matthew Smith. For Penny Pingleton – Jennifer Gambatese, Hollie Howard. For Little Inez – Judine Richárd, Shayna Steele.

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